Course Info

August 5-22
Monday to Thursday
2-5pm
Shepard Hall Room #20

Homework Assignment #2

Homework for Wed. August 7


Read The Norton Field Guide to Writing Part 4 Section 41 Reading Strategies (396-413) and read about abstracts on pp. 150 – 154.
 
Read about quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing in Field Guide (464-474).

Read “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr. As you read, be sure to annotate the text.
 
Writing: Working with the article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr, write an informative abstract (a one-paragraph summary).

See formatting for a college writing assignment in Field Guide (524 - 532)
Pay special attention to conventions for page one

Use A Summary of "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"  as the title of this assignment. The title should be centered above the abstract.

*Do not italicize, underline, or quote your own title for a writing assignment. 

Read "Black Friday: Consumerism Minus Civilization" by Andrew Leonard in The Norton Field Guide to Writing (131-135)

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